| Saturday, February 24, 2007 |
| Expression (...filled with hidden truths...) |
I love postsecret.
If you've never been, it is one of the most popular blogs on the web today. In fact, the idea itself is genius.
It was a blog created two years ago by Frank Warren as a sort of artistic project. The idea was for people all around the country to mail in postcard-sized images with text on them (which they would create and write themselves) revealing their greatest secrets.
You know -- from serious to sad -- the thoughts you don't feel comfortable telling your closest friends, but somehow need to say.
And what started as a small project blew up into a cultural phenomenon. Thousands and thousands of these secrets pour in week after week. And each week on Sunday (or Saturday night -- if you're lucky!) Frank posts some of the "best" or "most powerful" secrets.
What does this have to do with U.S.-Mexican Border issues, you might ask? Or the Latino culture in general? Well. It's simple.
So many of the problems in this world come down to differences.
You see, within these secrets, everyone seems to be your best friend.
You can't judge the individual by how fat or tall they are, what they did or did not say at the most inappropriate of times, what background or future they have, race, religion or how 'truly' different they are from you. You can't tell whether or not they are legally here... or illegally.
At postsecret, all the differences are washed away and viewers are left to truly discover a part of themselves in someone else's secret.
The secrets are powerful. Beautiful. Heartbreaking. Hilarious.
Sometimes, they even leave you speechless.
One of my favorite post-secrets of all time even has Latino roots:
Another one, just posted this week, sparked my interest in writing this blog.
I mean, come on. Who hasn't felt that way? Who hasn't felt as if they couldn't talk to a girl/guy they liked because of something physical about them?
It then makes you start to wonder about the circumstances surrounding the secret. Why can't he talk to her? Would she not date someone of a different race? Is her family racist? What stereotypes is he fighting? Or is he just generally insecure with who he is?
And even more importantly -- who has made him feel that insecure? |
posted by Border Reflections @ 11:54 PM  |
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